Some Connecticut lawmakers want to stop state approval of additional charter schools.
The General Assembly's Education Committee was scheduled to hold a hearing Thursday on a bill that would impose a moratorium on the state's education commissioner...

NEW HAVEN--In advance of today's hearing at the state House, charter school supporters held a press conference Wednesday at the Booker T. Washington Academy to denounce a bill that would place a two-year moratorium on the approval process for new charter ...

HARTFORD — Roman Catholics in the Archdiocese of Hartford are planning a pilgrimage to Philadelphia In September for Pope Francis' visit to the World Meeting of Families, the archdiocese announced Thursday.
It will be Francis' first visit to the U....

HARTFORD — Kelly Luxenberg and John McKinney each lived through the wrenching process of watching a parent endure a prolonged, debilitating and ultimately fatal illness.
Yet their harrowing experiences left them on opposite sides of an emotional...

A bill that could lead to electronic tolls on Connecticut's highways has cleared its first legislative hurdle.
The General Assembly's Transportation Committee voted 18-to-13 on Wednesday in favor of a bill that would require the Department of...

HARTFORD – The death of a Branford man after he was hit by a police Taser this past weekend has led Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to suggest lawmakers look at establishing a uniform statewide policy for when police should and should not use stun guns.
"I...

A bill that would allow electric-car maker Tesla Motors to sell directly to Connecticut consumers is accelerating through the legislative process.
The General Assembly's Transportation Committee on Wednesday voted 25-to-3 in favor of the proposal,...

Connecticut lawmakers are moving closer toward setting up new rules for the ride-hailing services like Uber Technologies.
The General Assembly's Transportation Committee on Wednesday voted 31-0 in favor of a bill that creates a wide list of standards...

HARTFORD — The state took a major step Wednesday toward levying all-electronic tolls on highways, but motorists won’t know for months — or longer — whether they’ll actually be charged fees to drive on Connecticut interstates....

HARTFORD — The state took a major step Wednesday toward levying electronic tolls on highways, but motorists won't know for months, or longer, whether they'll actually be charged fees to drive on Connecticut interstates.
After a party-line vote by a...